Submissions by Ahavati
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Proprio Vos Sanguine Pasco
Frayed
Sometimes it's difficult
Believing disentangled fibers
retain their strength
can hold their weight
in purpose and wisdom
despite unraveling
Doubt frays possibility;
a second hand separating
braided hemp until lacked Faith
would bid us each stranded
Dream a wasted space
But, there are those of Us
who do not give up
despite what we know;
the Future isn't guaranteed
Still, we remain open
to what could be...
Believing disentangled fibers
retain their strength
can hold their weight
in purpose and wisdom
despite unraveling
Doubt frays possibility;
a second hand separating
braided hemp until lacked Faith
would bid us each stranded
Dream a wasted space
But, there are those of Us
who do not give up
despite what we know;
the Future isn't guaranteed
Still, we remain open
to what could be...
925 reads
18 Comments
Keeper of Her Heart
You make it so HARD
not to sacrifice consequence
to the seeming God of division. . .
white lines and brilliant lights
so warm in appearance
as though this lifetime
what few years remain
is worth relinquishing
over a single night of experience
a Venn Diagram protectorant --
an Alternate Reality of existence
that the veil can be lifted;
But, it would not be Poetic
only a selfishness attempt
at a compromised grasp
For...
not to sacrifice consequence
to the seeming God of division. . .
white lines and brilliant lights
so warm in appearance
as though this lifetime
what few years remain
is worth relinquishing
over a single night of experience
a Venn Diagram protectorant --
an Alternate Reality of existence
that the veil can be lifted;
But, it would not be Poetic
only a selfishness attempt
at a compromised grasp
For...
995 reads
8 Comments
Sacred Contracts XXXIV: Enemy
When I was young(er)
I despised my 'enemy'
crushed them with gossip
gloated over failed attempts
to despoil my happiness
with their jealous tactics
But, having aged, I realized
their actions weren't about me
but themselves
Really; they were never adversaries
just great teachers instead
because I've been there;
I've plowed bitter curriculum
of experience until calcified...
I despised my 'enemy'
crushed them with gossip
gloated over failed attempts
to despoil my happiness
with their jealous tactics
But, having aged, I realized
their actions weren't about me
but themselves
Really; they were never adversaries
just great teachers instead
because I've been there;
I've plowed bitter curriculum
of experience until calcified...
1339 reads
29 Comments
In My Father's House
In my Father's House
are many Mansions
160 billion Alien planets
gravitating our Milky Way
500 solar systems expanding
Lifeforms into the Universe;
growing organisms beyond
human remembering
despite historical acumen
In my Father's House
are many Mansions
recording awareness
of each occurrence;
denizens of charted
courses navigating
salt chucks of choice
...
are many Mansions
160 billion Alien planets
gravitating our Milky Way
500 solar systems expanding
Lifeforms into the Universe;
growing organisms beyond
human remembering
despite historical acumen
In my Father's House
are many Mansions
recording awareness
of each occurrence;
denizens of charted
courses navigating
salt chucks of choice
...
1188 reads
16 Comments
This Anthology of Us
Were it not for distance
there would be more
than imagery
or 3:00 AM wakenings
to remember dreams
But napkins, a matchbox
from our first restaurant
movie stubs from classic
remakes; maybe "It"
maybe not, we're both
full of surprises behind
popcorn and crumbs
under the sheet
I would be...
there would be more
than imagery
or 3:00 AM wakenings
to remember dreams
But napkins, a matchbox
from our first restaurant
movie stubs from classic
remakes; maybe "It"
maybe not, we're both
full of surprises behind
popcorn and crumbs
under the sheet
I would be...
1093 reads
11 Comments
The Poet and the Moon
Orb of satellite
monthly in promise;
thickening substance
engorged on light
as a woman's uterus
ripening for birth
thus shall the Poet
fertilize their Poem
with a single
worded sperm
~
monthly in promise;
thickening substance
engorged on light
as a woman's uterus
ripening for birth
thus shall the Poet
fertilize their Poem
with a single
worded sperm
~
922 reads
18 Comments
PB & JAM
Comfort food
thick substance
between nutty lips;
sticky fisted
picnic grip
Fruity JAM;
peach, estery
buttered maltol
of contrast;
frosty smooth . . .
or grape'd
diffusing dry roast -
perfumey, fresh
pur'pley Concord
duo deep and Ripe
seeded across
taste buds
Love
pressed between
Wondered bread
sliding right
down
the throat
~
thick substance
between nutty lips;
sticky fisted
picnic grip
Fruity JAM;
peach, estery
buttered maltol
of contrast;
frosty smooth . . .
or grape'd
diffusing dry roast -
perfumey, fresh
pur'pley Concord
duo deep and Ripe
seeded across
taste buds
Love
pressed between
Wondered bread
sliding right
down
the throat
~
1259 reads
13 Comments
When a Woman
Loves a Man
she unfurls wings
he never knew he had
heals crippled
blades of scapula
endured for years
helps him Become
unto the world's end
if that's where he led
When a Woman
Loves a Man
she tends his garden
prunes stunted growth
with reassuring belief
roots out discouragement
sows hopeful seeds
under a sun dial to show
how shadows guide Us
When a Woman
Loves a Man ...
she unfurls wings
he never knew he had
heals crippled
blades of scapula
endured for years
helps him Become
unto the world's end
if that's where he led
When a Woman
Loves a Man
she tends his garden
prunes stunted growth
with reassuring belief
roots out discouragement
sows hopeful seeds
under a sun dial to show
how shadows guide Us
When a Woman
Loves a Man ...
1337 reads
29 Comments
The Greatest Love on Earth
isn't a perfect constancy of joy;
multidimensional mornings
or burgundy omens at dusk
but a million minuscule deaths
and resurrections of Becoming
more than you were
I wrote once that Love
was a bite: raw cacao
pine and bare feet
spoon of ice cream
swallowing a shard of ice
none of which are dreams
but pleasured senses coupling
pain of fading experience
The Greatest Love on Earth ...
multidimensional mornings
or burgundy omens at dusk
but a million minuscule deaths
and resurrections of Becoming
more than you were
I wrote once that Love
was a bite: raw cacao
pine and bare feet
spoon of ice cream
swallowing a shard of ice
none of which are dreams
but pleasured senses coupling
pain of fading experience
The Greatest Love on Earth ...
960 reads
8 Comments
Ankh
You've always folded
oxygen into bones
formed arterial roadways
from minute corpuscles;
organisms of vertebrates
historical constituents
basic particles of matter
Once We knew of Ankh
the lock it unrolled;
alphabets of Wisdom
tattoed across papyrus
Meaning was Ours to own
chronicles of knowledge
Lifetimes and remembrance
embossed upon retinas ...
oxygen into bones
formed arterial roadways
from minute corpuscles;
organisms of vertebrates
historical constituents
basic particles of matter
Once We knew of Ankh
the lock it unrolled;
alphabets of Wisdom
tattoed across papyrus
Meaning was Ours to own
chronicles of knowledge
Lifetimes and remembrance
embossed upon retinas ...
1030 reads
20 Comments
The Only Way Home
If there should come a moment
that you feel like quitting
( such as that time you did
for lack of encouragement
from those you loved )
This round
You don't give up
You absorb the kick
and remember
why you are doing this
And for who
Weeks may pass, months
you may hear from no one
Invest in more sketch paper
don't lay that pencil down
Some people will come along ...
that you feel like quitting
( such as that time you did
for lack of encouragement
from those you loved )
This round
You don't give up
You absorb the kick
and remember
why you are doing this
And for who
Weeks may pass, months
you may hear from no one
Invest in more sketch paper
don't lay that pencil down
Some people will come along ...
1105 reads
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B(coming)
1) A
Origin;
ejaculated experience
We weren't
the driving force of surge
but an aftermath
2) C
Destination;
arthritic annums disjointed
We won't be those
creviced feet of crow
preceding decrepitude
but before that
3) B(coming)
Voyage;
all things Present
We are this:
nautical increment
of compass
until...
Origin;
ejaculated experience
We weren't
the driving force of surge
but an aftermath
2) C
Destination;
arthritic annums disjointed
We won't be those
creviced feet of crow
preceding decrepitude
but before that
3) B(coming)
Voyage;
all things Present
We are this:
nautical increment
of compass
until...
931 reads
9 Comments
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